Chapter 38

The train car rattled, a rhythmic vibration that would have been soothing if not for the invisible pressure of the shaping disruption wards. Julian leaned his head against the glass, watching the scenery blur. Beside him, Chloe Hayes had finally run out of things to say, her silence more an act of boredom than peace. Julian extended a hand, palm up. He pulled a thread of mana from his core, feeling the ward's interference like a grit in the gears of his mind. He pushed through it, manifesting...